Waist



March l0, 1925.

E. CARROLL WAI ST Filed Aug. 15. 1921 Patented Mar. 10, 1925.

UNITED STATES ESTELLE CARROLL, O'F NEW YORK, N. Y.

WAIST.

Application led August 13, 1921i Serial No. 491,892.

T0 all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ESTELLE CARROLL, a citizen'of the United States, a resident of New York, in the county of Bronx and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in W'aists, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to waists designed to be worn as an undergarment and providing means for the attachment thereto of the nether garments of the wearer, and my invention has particular applicability to waists for children, although it is not conlined thereto.

An object of my invention is to provide a waist having straps 0r supporters so arranged as to brace the shoulders backwards and yet permit complete freedom of movement of the wearer; and my invention' has particular applicability to the maintenance of a correct posture in children and the prevention and correction of round shoulders.

Another object of my invention is to provide a waist having straps or supporters so arranged over the shoulders of the wearer as to remain thereon without any tendency to slip therefrom and yet provide a-comfortable garment and without a binding effect restricting the movements of the wearer.

A further object of my invention is to provide a waist having shoulder straps and yet with the front and back portions of the waist so relatively movable, particularly longitudinally of the wearer, that strain is not exerted upon the buttons or other fastening means attaching the waist to the nether garments in bending movements of the wearer.

Still another object of my invention is to provide for the accomplishment of the foregoing objects in a necessary garment suchas a waist as distinguished from braces or supporters worn additionally and especially for the purposes indicated.

These and other objects of my invention will more fully appear from the yfollowing detailed description of a preferred embodiment thereof, which, however, is to be understood as merely illustrative of my invention, and my invention is not to be restricted thereto.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of the detailed description referred to:

Fig. 1 is an elevational view of the front 4 of the waist with the same buttoned and flattened to thereof;

Fig. 2 is a similar elevational view ofthe back of the waist;

Fig. 3 isha perspective view of the front and part of one side of the waist in position in use upon a child, the childs figure in corresponding perspective being indicated in dotted lines;

Fig. 4 is a rear elevational Aview of the Waist inuse as in Fig. 3.

present only a front and back Like reference numerals indicate likeY in the sense of not being a separate piece y attached to the front portion, although the back portion may be made of a separate piece and of different material if desired. The back portion 3 is directly connected or united to the front portion 1 only about the torso of the wearer below the arm pits in the position of thejwaist in use, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the terms connected or united. being here used to indicate a union y 'between the two portions whether because they are formed of one piece of cloth or whether of separate pieces attached together to form a garment. the back portion, therefore, has an upper free edge 4 the entire width ofthe garment and not attached or connected or united in any manner to the front portion.

The waist band 5 is shown in the-illustra,- tive embodiment as substantially even about the body of the garment and with the front portion 1 ofV greater length therefrom than the back portion 4, as shown in Fig. 2, so that in the position of the waist uponthe wearer, the front portion 1 extends upward- As shown in Fig. 2,y

ly from the waist line to a properly curved neck line`6, as shown in Fig. 3, while the back portion 4 extends a lessV distanceupwardly from the waist line tothe slightly curved free edge 4referred to extending,

' band alone.

bodiment these shouldelestraps;

' the .hip and f tow as shownaingFig,4a-entirely vacross,thefbaclra-thef wearer solely-from :front to rear, thus of thef wearer and merging into :the edges 7 of the arm openings,

from the front portion ofthe' gar'mentiover as shown in Figui).` Shoulder straps are provided,Ttoextend.d

the shoulders ofthe wearer andacross the* back portion, and in the illustrative emfrom the upper edge of the front portion l of the'- waist: on opposite sidesy of l, the'y neck line 6, the opposite ends ofthe curve of the;; neck line6 andntheup-per endsiof- ;the\cu1 ve of the arm holes 7 mergingintowthe sideredgesvofzthe; straps, as shown-in Fig.

8, -fextendfz These straps. are extended. fobliquely: ,oven

theA shoulders, l .inwardly toward; thel vafnedizni i; line/.of .the .baelrof the iwearer', and inl crossed: relation, as shown in Fig. 4, through sl1t'ss9,.

the -usuaL provisions for attachment .lof -garl ters,Ytheretotdl support the' stes-lungs. or other, i

nether garments lof the frwearer, las shown `in dotted lines in Fig4 3.

providedlat about thevcenten of the vfront` portio'nl- -of I the l waist bandr 5,2` korfotherwise expressed, in portion of the vvlwaist, LandA iside' buttons 'Y 12 which are *Y substantially in the kmedi/arr side obliquely .oven Ithe bod-yl portion: a

'-tendingi. to throw'the shoulders 'backin a bracing.Y eect.

y Because of theinclination of the straps 8 across the` back of the" wearer and inwardly ofv the shoulders, it is also apparent that the pull exerted on the straps tends to retain them .uponA the shoulders, thus preventing' the continual slipping from the shoulders, yso inconvenient and. annoying. in thense of` waists with the customary shoulderfstraps'.

Becausegfof the crossed relation of the.'Ak

'downwardly butfforwardlyvof the back toe straps 8 vupon the baclrvoff:thewearer, andf-r' the inclination dof .those straps .not onlyg `ward the front ofthe wearerfthe pull upon:yk

thel ends i, of ythe strapsproduces Vnot' only the bracing effect to the shoulders referred@ to but a support ferrand: bracing effect upon the-back; of thewearer.

Another 'function ofvextreme importance .accomplished by; the `structure described 4is v -f the accommodation of the various parts of!" -V-theiwa-ist to` the movements of the wearer,

whichgrenders the invention. of particular usefulnesszto children atplay. AVVitha waist 'oftheusual; type, having front and:backn portions v*directly i connected vtogether by.;l shoulder@y straps :extendingE ifro'm; the uppery eedge fof .the front portion? to thevupper, edgeif voff-theyback portion,r and-with the nether-1,y

lines of saidwaist'in4 position ofthe sa-Ine= `on the wearer, and oneor yprefera'bl-yva pair offbuttons 132m ther middle 'of the backpo'im median line of the vback'portion of the waist,-v

all yfor attachment thereto at the points indicated ofA the drawers,` Vbloomers"or-other nether garments ofthe' wearer. Buttons 14' uponithegwaist band,"closely adjacent the buttons 12 and hence Vlocated approximately# at the hips of the wearer'of theL-waist, and cooperating` button --holes inf 'the straps1 8 'garments attached fto the waist-bandfin the customary, way by buttonsat `the center of@ 'fthefront and back portions fand atthesides- ,1

lof the waist-band corresponding in ,positionto.the buttonsj11,12 and 13', shown in :Figs. 1, .r2 land-i4, ,when forward bending.. move-'g A mentsaare made, there is no substantial strain yupon the side 'buttons :due tol the V*fact that the side rbuttons lareVl located approximately`rr at the: hipl and fthe Apivotal movement off thez torso isV fromqthe Zhipseand` does not substane tially.. 'increasel the distance' from the normal; pos1tion,;of thexsidembuttonson thewaist-f: f

'band to theanchorage of the waistatathez shoulders., Such forward `bendin'g-movee vband ad] acenttheY lower [free ends l of thestraps, as shown on yoneside'in Figi 3. VVhnp garter's are notafixed to the lower extremities'.Y of the straps, as shown, in; -Figgv 3, th'e straps are therefore With the arrangement offpartsfireferred to;V when Ithe straps-8 are themselves connested to any-of the nether "garmentsi'byw garters as shown, there is `a direct-pull' exerted on the? straps thereby',andiwhenthe strapsv 8 Aare not thus: connected but conanchored to Y the 'waist nected'onlyto the Waist band 5 by-thebut-vv tons 14 any pull exertedbythe'nether-garments attachedy to said waist band fis 1 trans` r I Vmitted therethrough tothe straps,"andsuch pull in eitherj-`case4 is'fexerte'd along :said straps in a' direction VAover the shoulders1 of vment does, however, produce a verysubstan.-1 ltialstrain uponfthevbuttons, inthe center'of the.- back' {portion lof the waist 'band, due tot; v the :fact thattheforward bending movement "tendseto pull the back portion ofthe waist lbodily'along the back `of the wearer im .a direction toward the shoulders andraway fromdrawers or bloomers of the wearenbe- -cansel-thez-latter are necessarily anchored. Y

V By-my invention however, vthe absence of l jthecustomary anchorage over thevshould'ers i ofthe back portionto the front. portion/ofi:

fthe! waist permits the back portion toi re= f main in its normalY position relative tothe drawers or bloomers to' which4 it is attached,

`when the body is bent forwardly, the back 'i v'portion partaking of a downward? sliding'Vlmovement relative Ito vthestrap's 8 and hence str-ain uponv the buttonswattachinig this back portion to the drawers or other lower garment is avoided, and an extremely comfortable arrangement of garments upon the body effected.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. A childs underwaist including a body having front and back portions, straps attached t the front portion extending over the shoulders when the waist is in position on the wearer, the upper part of the back portion being vertically movable with regard to said straps, said straps extending in a downward direction at the rear below the upper back portion of the waist, t0- gether with means for holding the rear ends of said straps in position free of the central back portion of the garment as regards vertical movement.

2. The combination'set forth in claim 1, wherein said straps extend oblique to each other to cross at the back portion.

3. The combination set forth in claim 1,

wherein the rear ends of such straps are disposed at the sides of the waist.

4. The combination set forth in claim 1,

back portion is provided with slots slidablyA receiving said strap.

6. The combination set forth in claim l, wherein the back portion is provided with slots slidably receiving said straps.

7. The combination set forth in claim l, wherein the rear ends of such straps are disposed at the sides of the waist, with means for securing' the straps respectively to such sides.

In testimony that l claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my hand this 11th day of August, 1921.

ESTELLE CARROLL. 

